We reckon Ibrahim Afellay missed the facial capture process when the designers of Fifa 18 came calling in the summer.

EA Sports send their £110,000 portable rig around Premier League grounds as they try to make each edition of their game look as realistic as possible. It’s a 3D scanning device with 20 cameras lined up on rails.

The photos form the basis of the character models for everyone from Cristiano Ronaldo to Charlie Adam.

But here’s their version of Ibrahim Afellay, who spent his pre-season in Barcelona recovering from knee surgery which has seen him only just return to action.

The real Ibrahim Afellay making his first start for Stoke City since February, at Rochdale last week. (Image: Leanne Bagnall/The Sentinel)

The Fifa 18 version of Ibrahim Afellay.

Maxim Choupo-Moting isn’t too clever either while Stephen Ireland could pass for Dr Evil and Peter Crouch looks like he’s been punched in the nose. Bojan could probably use a haircut too and Xherdan Shaqiri looks like he’s come fresh from a haunting.

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Most, however, are pretty impressive and Stoke City supporters who play the game can be grateful the club is given the elite treatment. We should admit, though, that we put Joe Allen through a reverse image search and it brought up Lionel Messi. It's either the beard or the magic left foot.